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>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. sunday night on "q&a." >> she came back a few days later she saw me sitting in the aisle and she physically tossed it at me and said no change. i decided right then and there i'm going to get that amendment ratified. >> gregory watson, the man responsible for getting the 27th amendment to the constitution ratified. >> i'll never forget. i was in the library downtown
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austin, texas. and i came across a book that had in it a chapter, an entire chapter, devoted to amendments that had passed congress but not enough state legislatures had approved. this one jumped right@me. said, no law varing the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened. and i can remember standing in the aisle holding that book in my hand and it was as if lightning had struck. i could feel the pulsating electricity of it all. i thought, you know what, instead of writing about the equal rights amendment and this disputed extension in
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